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01. Kenny Dickenson - Deux Ans Plus Tôt
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02. Kenny Dickenson - Trilogie I (Tâm)
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03. Kenny Dickenson - Trilogie II (Belles Larmes)
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04. Kenny Dickenson - Trilogie III (Phoenix Rouge)
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05. Kenny Dickenson - Les Rivières Vont À La Mère
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06. Kenny Dickenson - Pour Marthe
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07. Kenny Dickenson - Mon Âme Vers La Tienne
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08. Kenny Dickenson - Sur L'Embarcadère / Đêm Tàn Ben Ngự
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09. Kenny Dickenson - Maman
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10. Kenny Dickenson - Le Rêve Noir
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11. Kenny Dickenson - Je Revive
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ARTIST
DICKENSON, KENNY
TITLE
Les Rivieres
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BE WITH RECORDS
CATALOG #
BEWITH 100LP
BEWITH 100LP
GENRE
SOUNDTRACK
RELEASE DATE
3/18/2022
Be With Family member
Kenny Dickenson
's lovely score to French-Vietnamese artist
Mai Hua
's 2020 documentary film
Les Rivières
. If you enjoy the more minimal, intimate piano of the likes of
Nils Frahm
or
John Carroll Kirby
's solo work, you're certain to fall for this beautiful album. Taking six years to make, Mai's film explores what happened when she brought her dying grandmother to France, pulling together four generations of women from the same family. Kenny's score accompanies all the pretty things, sad things, dirty, beautiful, happy, broken and reborn moments of these women's experiences. The whole score is built around delicate, sparkling piano motifs. At times they're joined by cello and complemented with ambient chords and other flourishes. When it comes to describing the end results, Kenny's happy to wear his influences on his sleeve: "When the director and I sat down for the creative meetings early in the process, we watched
Wolf Children
, a Japanese animation film by
Mamoru Hosoda
. The amazing soundtrack by
Masakatsu Takagi
was a launching point for me and thereafter I leaned into more modern classical composers --
Reich
,
Sakamoto
,
Glass
as well as
Jon Hassell
's Fourth World output.
Richard Reed Parry
's
Music for Heart and Breath
was a good early touchstone for me and
Mark Hollis
' sparse, considered and deliberate approach was a constant presence. Also labels like Ghostly, ASIP and the ubiquitous Erased Tapes should probably get a nod here too..." There's the occasional
Yann Tiersen
moment in there too. Out of sheer necessity the collaboration between Kenny and Mai continued beyond this initial creative direction. With Kenny speaking neither French nor Vietnamese, Mai acted as translator, a process that naturally led to discussing the film beyond just what was being said in the footage. Kenny composed much of the music in London, at the same time that Mai was shooting and editing. As the film took shape and the music also evolved, another challenge presented itself when Kenny relocated to Los Angeles part way through, resulting in
Arnulf Lindners
beautiful cello taking on new shapes- multi sampled, played and manipulated by Kenny into new compositions. The album also includes a new piece "Pour Marthe" that Kenny composed in memory of Mai's grandmother who died after the film was finished. Vinyl mastered by
Simon Francis
, cut by
Pete Norman
, and pressed at Record Industry. The sleeve follows the film's poster and other promotional material, including
Lucile Gomez
's illustration.
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